Captain Smith Research Paper

A massive ship cuts across the ice cold water, heading full speed to New York. Out of nowhere a huge iceberg loomed into view. The ship tries to turn, but the iceberg hits the ship. The ship scrapes the iceberg and rips a hole in the ship's side. There are many people to blame for the sinking of the Titanic, but the true person that is at fault of the whole tragedy is Captain Smith. Captain Smith could have done many things different things to save and prevent the Titanic from sinking. For instance, many people say Bruce Ismay pressured him, others say it was because he ignored all six iceberg warnings, and some even think it was because it was his last voyage. Many people think that Bruce Ismay influenced Captain Smith's decision to turn on all of the boilers. It is believed that Captain Smith had a meeting with Bruce Ismay and Bruce may have convinced him to turn on all of the boilers. Bruce Ismay was just a passenger he had no right to tell Captain Smith what

He received six iceberg warning but ignored all of them. He believed that even if there was some icebergs it wouldn’t harm the Titanic because it was “unsinkable”. Since Captain Smith was an experienced captain he thought that a couple of icebergs wouldn’t get in the way of the Titanic because it was an enormous ship. Also, Captain Smith knew that there was a double bottom on the ship, so even if they hit an iceberg the ship would not break. Captain Smith should have taken notice that many different ships were sending iceberg warnings and were stopping for the night because there were so many. If Captain Smith listened to even one of the iceberg warnings and slowed down the ship, they may have had time to maneuver the Titanic around incoming icebergs. Therefore, if Captain Smith listened to any of the iceberg warnings the Titanic could have avoided the iceberg that brought death upon the